Tororo Solar Power Station, also Tororo Solar North Power Station, is a
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power plant in
Uganda, the third-largest economy in the
East African Community.
Location
The power station is located in
Tororo District, approximately , by road, southwest of the town of
Tororo
Tororo is a town in the Eastern Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Tororo District.
History
Tororo was garrisoned by the Uganda Army's Air and Sea Battalion during the Uganda–Tanzania War ( ...
in the
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of Uganda.
This is approximately by road, east of
Kampala, the country's capital and largest city.
The geographical coordinates of Tororo Solar Power Station are 0°37'50.0"N, 34°06'40.0"E (Latitude:0.630556; Longitude:34.111111).
Overview
The power station has a capacity of 10 megawatts, sold directly to the
Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited for integration in the national electricity grid. The electricity is evacuated via a substation near the power station. The energy generated will power approximately 40,000 homes, located near the power station, thus minimizing transmission losses.
Developers
The power station was developed by a special purpose vehicle company, "Tororo Solar North Limited', specifically set up to develop, build and operate this solar power station. Tororo Solar is majority owned by
Building Energy SpA, an International developer of renewable power sources, with headquarters in
Milan, Italy.
Other owners in the consortium include the Ugandan "Simba Group". The Simba Group also owns Electromaxx Limited, the owner-operator of the 70 megawatt
Tororo Thermal Power Station
Tororo Thermal Power Station is a heavy fuel oil-fired thermal power plant located in the town of Tororo in Tororo District in the Eastern Region, Uganda, Eastern Region of Uganda.
Location
The power station is located in Tororo, approximately ...
, commissioned in 2010. The power generated at this power station is expected to serve an estimated 170,600 people.
Construction timeline, costs and funding
The cost of construction was budgeted at US$19.6 million, of which the owners contributed US$4.9 million. The remaining US$14.7 million was borrowed from
Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO).
Fifty percent of the FMO loan was syndicated from the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF), which is substantially funded by the governments of the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland and by the German development finance institution, KFW and its Dutch equivalent, FMO.
The project is a beneficiary of the GETFit Uganda program led by
KfW, receiving grant support from (amongst other contributors) th
EU-Africa Infrastructure Trust Fund (EU-AITF) Construction began on 14 December 2016,
and commissioning was performed on 16 October 2017.
See also
*
List of power stations in Uganda
*
Soroti Solar Power Station
The Soroti Power Station is a solar power plant in Uganda. It was the largest grid-connected, "privately-funded solar power plant in Sub-Saharan Africa, outside of South Africa" at its commissioning and until the Pilot Solar Power Plant (20M ...
References
External links
Uganda Secures Funding for Key Solar PV ProjectsUganda To Increase Power GenerationBuilding Energy SpA: Company Profile: List of Projects
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Solar power stations in Uganda
Tororo District
Eastern Region, Uganda
2017 establishments in Uganda
Energy infrastructure completed in 2017